Merry Christmas Greetings
From Shere Thu Thuy
The Vietnam war is over. A Christmas song by John Lennon
Hello everyone! It's me, Shere Thu Thuy. So, it's that time of the Year and Christmas is around the corner. This year I decided to do a Christmas cover song by John Lennon from The Beatles called, "Happy Christmas (War is over)". But in Vietnamese. When I was a teenager growing up during the war of Vietnam. I never thought it would ever end or how it was going to end. And everyone I knew was worried about their future. And during this time, many people were protesting against the war calling for peace. And when the fall of Vietnam finally ended.
The most indelible memory for me was on the first Christmas after that sad announcement. I remember turning on my little red transistor Sony radio and hearing John Lennon from The Beatles singing, "Happy Christmas, the war is over". And since then I promised one day I would like to sing that in my native language. So, today is that day. However, it took a lot of effort to translate English to Vietnamese. I say this, because of the many different expressions in the English grammar doesn't always match with the Vietnamese dialog.
BTW! Do you remember the Napalm girl on the front cover of the Los Angeles Times magazine? The depiction was of a little naked girl screaming and running out of a bomb exploration of her family's home. I have always wondered if she survived. Yes! She did survive and I included a snapshot of her and the photographer who took that famous photo. They say she was a huge influence to help end the war. The video interview with that girl today
BTW! When I finished singing this song, I thought to myself. I am a Vietnamese and lived during the Vietnam war. And I wondered what John Lennon would say today to hear his song, sung by a Vietnamese native and in the Vietnamese language. Special thanks to Eric Teggers for producing the recording and all my videos. Merry Christmas to all! ;-) Love ya! Oh! When you open this video in youtube, don't forget to subscribe and hit that like button. ;-)
